Bangladesh security forces kill mastermind of Dhaka cafe attack
Bangladeshi army soldiers patrol a street during a rescue operation as gunmen take position in a restaurant in the Dhakais high-security diplomatic district on July 2, 2016. AFP PHOTO / APF / STR
Bangladeshi security forces killed four Islamist militants, including the mastermind of an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed, the head of police counter-terrorism in the capital said on Saturday.
The militants were killed in a raid on their hideout in Naraynganj, outskirts of Dhaka, Moniru Islam told Reuters.
Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, the alleged mastermind of the attack on the cafe, was among those killed, he said.
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